Over the years, many people have asked where the "Miz Ducky" nickname came from. Well, you can blame it on my brother, who is quite the character in his own right. Back when we were both in college--not the same college, in fact our respective schools were several states and several hundred miles apart--my brother would write me these hysterically funny letters which of course I had to read out loud to all my friends. One of them he happened to begin with the salutation "Dearest Ducky"--no particular reason why, I think he just liked the alliteration. The moniker was a hit with my friends, and thus was Ducky born ... eventually morphing into Miz Ducky, or "mizducky" in online forums.
Which brings me full circle to my handle's latest morph: a "Dear Ducky" advice column feature on this here blog right here.
I'll start it real simple: if you've got any kind of question relating to the topic of healthy weight management (including food, cooking, exercise, psychology, cultural and political ramifications, you name it), simply click on the "Email Me" link just under my photo in the upper left-hand corner of this blog page, and drop me a line. I will run the question, and my response to the best of my ability, as a post in this blog--and if I don't know the answer, I will say so and perhaps suggest some other resources to check out.
Just a few groundrules with this concept:
- First and foremost--I am not a trained health professional, nor do I even play one on TV (although if I did, I'm sure I'd be a helluva lot nicer than that Dr. House dude, though perhaps just as ornery in my own way). So anything I write in answer to your questions--and for that matter everything in this blog--is strictly my personal opinion based on my own experience, and is not meant to be any kind of Official-Type Prescriptive Advice. Be sure to take everything I say here with several big handfuls of salt--and always check with a medical pro you trust. (And if you don't have one you trust--do please find one!)
- Play nice. Remember, mean people suck. Any email I get that is in any way nasty, flame-baity, inappropriate, spammy, or otherwise makes my little shit-detector go off will simply get sent to that Big Bitbucket In The Sky. I know none of you who are regular readers of this blog would do any such thing, but ... well, you know how the Internet can be ...
- My default will be to keep your queries anonymous. If you supply a pseudonym for me to use, I will use it; if not, I'll use initials. And I'll omit your email address. If you really really want me to include your real name and email, please say so explicitly. Otherwise--your identity's safe with moi!
- I may have to edit your question for brevity's sake. If you read my edit and feel that I left out something crucial, let me know. Or even better, keep your question concise so I won't have to edit it!
- The rest of you can feel free to chime in with suggestions of your own by commenting on the post. Again--play nice!
There ya go! Now let's run this baby up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.
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